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Help Samung Infuse won't turn back on

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DeeJayScarlett

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My Samsung Infuse constantly shuts itself off without warning but always comes back on. This time it won't. It is stuck on the black screen with SAMSUNG flashing on and off.
I tried taking out the battery, leaving it out for awhile and putting it back in. Before I even try to turn it on, it's starts flashing SAMSUNG again.
I've tried holding the power button down and still nothing. I havent tried to do a hard reset yet because there is stuff on there I want to try to save if possible.
Any ideas what's wrong or what I should do??
 
I never heard of that problem, but try doing a Recovery boot:
* Take battery out, wait 10 seconds, reinsert battery
* Press and hold volume up & down while simultaneously pressing and holding the power button
* When the Samsung logo appears, release the power buttun but continue holding both volume up/down
* When the yellow lettering appears, release volume up/down
* If you got this far, follow the onscreen instructions to clear cache and reboot

Working now?
 
Mr. Lucky said:
I never heard of that problem, but try doing a Recovery boot:
* Take battery out, wait 10 seconds, reinsert battery
* Press and hold volume up & down while simultaneously pressing and holding the power button
* When the Samsung logo appears, release the power buttun but continue holding both volume up/down
* When the yellow lettering appears, release volume up/down
* If you got this far, follow the onscreen instructions to clear cache and reboot

Working now?
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I have the same issue but cant get to the yellow lettering screen as your instructions say, when I plug in a charger I see a battery icon that flashes with a loading icon
 
I've had this happen several times....taking the battery out has worked but at times a combination of holding down the power button and the sometimes the volume worked and sometimes it didn't and I just took the battery out and waited. I also have peformance issues. For a 4g phone using 3g ATT services or 4g when avaiable my old 3g iPhone with ATT was much better. Starting think from what I've been reading about, this iFuse isn't Samsung best work. Can't wait until my contract is up!
 
I've had the same problem the past few days. However, once my phone turns off and gets stuck on the black Samsung screen, I hold the power button for 5-10 seconds, but then the phone reboots. The first time I turned the phone off after it had rebooted and kept it off for about an hour. It continued to turn off sporadically and go to the black Samsung screen. The entire next day I had no problems- I thought it was a glitch! Then today, it has started the same pattern... If anybody has a solution... It'd be wonderful.
 
Has anyone resolved this issue? I did a "live chat" with AT&T just now, the "hold the volume and on/off buttons" didn't do anything, and since my phone is about a month out of warranty, there is nothing they can do. Of course...I can pay the $199 deductible to replace the phone...but seriously?! :mad:
 
milkandsam said:
I've had the same problem the past few days. However, once my phone turns off and gets stuck on the black Samsung screen, I hold the power button for 5-10 seconds, but then the phone reboots. The first time I turned the phone off after it had rebooted and kept it off for about an hour. It continued to turn off sporadically and go to the black Samsung screen. The entire next day I had no problems- I thought it was a glitch! Then today, it has started the same pattern... If anybody has a solution... It'd be wonderful.
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Hey i had this problem before and all I did was pop the battery in and out about 5-10 times while holding the triple finger combo everytime until it turned back on normally.

If you dont have a problem doing it though, once you get your phone up and running, flash a custom rom like ZEUS or AEON. I have flashed both on my phone and haven't had a problem yet, with either one. Plus they have increased m phones speed and decreased battery usage.

There is an excellent post on the xda-developers forum that has every rom and kernel and everything that you need to root,flash and everything to get your infuse up to snuff. Unfortunately, I cant post links yet. Sorry but google search for " [REF] Infuse 4G Super Thread" It's awesome, hope you fix your phone.
 
Here is how I fixed my problem:

Take out the battery and take out the sim card.
Put the battery back in and boot the phone without the sim card.
Power off the phone.
Put the sim card back in.
Power up the phone.

Just taking out the battery didn't do anything for me.
 
this happened to me as well and i fixed it by taking the phone apart and moving the power button around a little because it had gotten stuck in a position where it was like i was constantly holding the power so the phone just kept rebooting itself
 
i have tried this several times and still nothing is there any other options i have to get my phone back on?
 
Ok this is going to sound weird but I was having the same problem and this really works. I couldn't afford a new phone so I was willing to try almost anything.

1) Take the battery and sim card out
2) go to the nearest hard surface (i.e tile, wood)
3) hold your phone about 2 feet from the ground, face down and parallel to the ground
4) release your phone!!!

Yes I said release your phone.. It sounds weird but banging it seems to work. Don't throw it or slam it.. Just release it from about 2 feet up. the phone screen should be facing down and the battery and sim need to be removed...

After, Then pop in your battery and sim card and turn on.


This really worked for me and you shouldn't try it if you don't want to, but when you're desperate like me you'll try anything. I actually tried it twice before it worked.

Hope it helps!!
 
Hi, I read another post on here where the person dropped the phone and then a couple of other people followed with same results, I figured I would try it, it did not work right away so I tried banging just the power button part onto a rubber surface bingo it works....2 weeks and finally:)
 
What worked for me was pressing the power button continuously until it started loading correctly. I had tried almost everything and nothing worked. So happy this worked!! Hope it works for you! :)
 
Jess11 said:
Ok this is going to sound weird but I was having the same problem and this really works. I couldn't afford a new phone so I was willing to try almost anything.

1) Take the battery and sim card out
2) go to the nearest hard surface (i.e tile, wood)
3) hold your phone about 2 feet from the ground, face down and parallel to the ground
4) release your phone!!!

Yes I said release your phone.. It sounds weird but banging it seems to work. Don't throw it or slam it.. Just release it from about 2 feet up. the phone screen should be facing down and the battery and sim need to be removed...

After, Then pop in your battery and sim card and turn on.


This really worked for me and you shouldn't try it if you don't want to, but when you're desperate like me you'll try anything. I actually tried it twice before it worked.

Hope it helps!!
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amazing... that's worked for me, but i should try up to 7 times, hahaha

thanks bro...!!!
 
Jess11 said:
Ok this is going to sound weird but I was having the same problem and this really works. I couldn't afford a new phone so I was willing to try almost anything.

1) Take the battery and sim card out
2) go to the nearest hard surface (i.e tile, wood)
3) hold your phone about 2 feet from the ground, face down and parallel to the ground
4) release your phone!!!

Yes I said release your phone.. It sounds weird but banging it seems to work. Don't throw it or slam it.. Just release it from about 2 feet up. the phone screen should be facing down and the battery and sim need to be removed...

After, Then pop in your battery and sim card and turn on.


This really worked for me and you shouldn't try it if you don't want to, but when you're desperate like me you'll try anything. I actually tried it twice before it worked.

Hope it helps!!
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Thank you so much! As odd as it seems, this worked! I was so bummed/frustrated!
 
If after you remove/replace your battery, the phone turns on before you do anything, then you have a power button problem.

Banging the phone will work for awhile, but it will usually come back. For a more permanent solution, you can also get the button replaced for a reasonable amount ($20-$40)
 
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